Refuse receiver



s. R. MCDONALD.

REFUSE RECEIVER.

APPLICATION F!LED MAR. 1, 1919.

1,4133% ratemed'Ap 25, 1922 mmhllllll INVENTOR. /5 S/f/V/ZflO/VAL UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL RANDALL MCDONALD, 0F DENVER, COLORADO.

REFUSE RECEIVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1922:

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. Mc- DONALD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Denver, in the county of Denver and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refuse Receivers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to refuse receivers, and its object is to provide a receptacle especially adapted for use in ladies lavatories of factories, stores and office buildings, in hospitals and in the oflices of physicians to receive soiled cloths, bandages, etc.

The use of my invention prevents unsanitary conditions, obviates the practise of depositing cloths in drains not adapted for their conveyance, and permits of the removal of the cloths without being brought in contact with the hands. I

These and other objects, all of which will fully appear in the course of the following description, I attain by the construction and arrangement of parts shown in their preferred form in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the refusereceptacle;

Figure 2, a transverse section on the line 22, Figure 1;

Figure 3, a perspective view of the bag- .holding crate of the receptacle, and

Figure 4, a perspective view of the removable and de'stroya-ble inner member of the same.

In carrying out my invention, I provide a box or casing 2 of preferably rectangular section which is supported upon a stand 3 and which is normally closed by a hinged and flanged lid 4 that covers its top.

The stand is composed of four legs 5 interconnected by a surrounding band 6 and provided at their upper ends with tenons 7 for their insertion in sockets 8 on the sides of the box.

A crate 9 contained within the casing, serves to hold an open paper bag 10 in spaced relation to the walls thereof. The crate consists to this end, of four upright legs 12 connected at their upper ends by a rim 13 from which the bag is suspended and fastened at a short distance above their lower ends to a flanged pan 14.

Distance fingers 15 projecting laterally from the crate near its top, space it from the upright walls of the container.

The bag 10 hereinbefore referred to, which 15 rectangular in section, fits loosely within the crate, and the upper portions of its s1 des are folded upon themselves to pro- V 1de flaps 16 for its suspension from the mm at the upper end of the same.

The flaps when bent upwardly, also prov1de a handhold by which the receptacle may be lifted from the box and held in a closed condition while being carried to the place at which its contents are destroyed.

In the use of my invention a paper-bag is suspended from the crate in the container in the manner hereinbefore described and the latter is constantly covered by its lid which is loosely hinged as at 17 and which is of suflicient weight to close by gravity when released after having been lifted for the deposit of the refuse. The soiled matter placed in the receiver 1s removed at the end of each day or oftener if required, by turning the flaps of the pa er bag upwardly and bringing them toget or so that they close the bag and at the same time provide a handhold for its removal.

The bag with its contents are destroyed, preferably by burning it in a furnace, and anew bag is placed within the crate of the receiver.

In case a bag is defectively constructed and leaks or accidentally breaks, liquid or part or all of it's contents will will fall in the pan at the bottom of the escaping nating the walls of the box. The entire crate is in such an event lifted from the box and thoroughly cleaned after the bag together with its contents have been destroyed as before.

It will thus be seen that the receiver provides a very convenient and sanitary means for the deposit of soiled cloths and bandages which heretofore were often thrown in a corner of the room or deposited in a drain not intended for their conveyance. I

The construction of the receiver permits of the removal of its contents without their coming in contact with the hands of the attendant, and inasmuch as the soiled matter deposited in the receiver can under no conditions come in contact withthe walls of the box or outer casing of the same, the latter will always be in a clean and sanitary condition and requires only occasional cleanmg.

The detachable connection of the box with the stand on which it is supported facilitates shipping and storing.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters- Patent is:

1. A refuse container comprising in combination, a lid-covered case, a removable skeleton frame resting on the bottom thereof, and including a suspension rim and distance lugs which space the frame from the walls of the case, a drip-pan mounted on the frame, and a sack loosely suspended from the rim of the frame above the drip-pan.

2: A refuse container comprising in combination, a lid-covered case, a removable skeleton frame resting on the bottom thereof,

and including a suspension rim and distance lugs which space the frame from the walls of the case, a drip-pan mounted on the frame in spaced relation to the bottom of the case, and a sack loosely suspended from the rim of the frame above the drip-pan.

3. A refuse container comprising in combination, a lid-covered case, a removable skeleton frame resting on the bottom thereof, and including a suspension rim and distance lugs which space the frame from the sides of the case, and a sack loosely suspended from the rim inside the frame.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

SAMUEL RANDALL MGDO'NALD. 

